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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Garage Makeover



Decided Paul needed a man room for his Christmas present, so while he was out of town I had the walls and floor painted.  Our friend Joey hooked up the TV and I put a bar, popcorn machine and heater out there. He was surprised and happy!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Big Girl Bed

So sad that my last little baby is now in a big girl bed!!  Sniff. :(  Ok not really.  Admit to being fine with being past the baby stage. Anyway our friends Jen and Joey gave us this daybed of their daughter's, which was black.  Painted it this cute lime green , found bedding at my favorite store TJ, and made a tulle bedskirt for it.  Took DAYS of tying, looping, stretching etc. But I am happy with it and she loves it! :)

Monday, December 12, 2011

Wooden Door Ornament


I had seen a wreath with a small wooden circle painted as an ornament and decided I wanted to do a really large ornament decoration.  So I found a $2 discarded tabletop at Goodwill and painted this design and added our name.  I cut an ornament hanger out of cardboard and painted it black, glued it on; done.  30 minute project!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Glitter Shoes


I had these old black heels stashed in the Goodwill pile, and decided to get them out after seeing a glitter shoe tutorial on a blog.  I was skeptical that it would work but tried it anyway.  Mixed the glitter until I got a color I liked and put mod podge in it, mixed it up and put it on the shoes. After about 8 hours here is the after result.  And it doesn't come off at all.  Loved them at Christmas!!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Latest Redos





Gave a facelift to the cross and wrought iron for a friend, and the pumpkins are painted on the other side by the girls; the backside was still plain so painted other side and used for a Halloween party.

Razorback painted wine bottle/sunglasses/red boots


Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Shoes Makeover


Who knew you could spray paint shoes!!  I sure didn't until I saw it on a blog.  Jenna needed some shoes to go with a new outfit so here's what we did--sprayed, glitter, and added some bows.  Think they turned out pretty cute!

wall letter

Recently finished this for Kendall's room

Metallic Blue Vanity

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Oatmeal container turned headband holder


Thought I would try making one of these; had seen on several blogs! Got an old oatmeal container from a friend and fabric covered it, added ribbon and flower embellishment to the top .  Used as a birthday gift to hold bows on the inside and headbands on the outside.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Before and After Desk




While my cousin and I were out flea-marketing, I found this red / checkerboard top desk and even though ugly, knew it could be redone into something cute eventually.  Was asked to do a chair for the yearly CASA event and remembered I had this up in the attic just waiting to be made cute!  Here's the after.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Mirror


This first one was a stock photo but it's what her mirror looked like before.  Plain ole cherry stained freestanding mirror.  It didnt' work anymore so I threw the base away and painted to hang on Kendall's wall.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Trunk Before/After


This was my trunk when I was a kid.  Can you say ugly!!  With a little paint and bench top it looks great in Kendall's room.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Some Recent Chairs..




Chair Redo


I loved the lines of this chair but it was in awful shape!!  I sanded down, restained, tightened, reupholstered and covered with fabric from an old dress.  Much better!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Birthday girl outfit!!

Ashlee's birthday outfit I made. 

Friday, June 10, 2011

Before/After Dresser

Did this one for a friend--distressed turquoise/black

Friday, April 8, 2011

Chalkboard/frame/mirror



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This was fine before, but needed to be a little cuter for a girl. Kendall helped me put ribbon on, scrapbook paper the frames, and paint the mirror.

Curtain Panel from Bedskirt

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Lamp Redo

Another Chair Redo

I got this one from the consignment shop to redo for the owner there. This one took some work. I sanded it and painted it the same green I did the Anthropologie chair--love that color! It was covered in some nasty old vinyl, which I removed and you can see what was underneath-yuck!! I got a piece of foam, cut to fit and covered it with some fabric I already had. It also had some really ugly chair foot covers. I didn't want to spend any extra on new ones, and the bottoms really needed something o them so I just painted them to match, and you can hardly tell.


Monday, March 7, 2011

Before/After Angel

My mom has had this angel for a long time. This morning we were sitting in the bedroom in which it resided, and she mentioned stuff she was getting rid of, the angel being one of the things. Of course I told her I would take it. I removed all the embellishments, sprayed it flat ivory then went over it with walnut stain then added some black glaze here and there. Not sure what I will do with her, but I do think she has had a good face lift.